‘A higher moral law’: Republicans openly defy Arizona’s abortion amendment and their oaths of office

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: March 27, 2026

Words: 1,878

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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More than 60% of Arizona voters chose to make abortion a right two years ago, but Republican lawmakers continue to push ways to ban it — and they say that ignoring the mandate from their constituents is the right thing to do.

In 2024, the landslide victory of Proposition 139 enshrined abortion in the Arizona Constitution. It explicitly prohibits the passage or enforcement of any laws that unnecessarily restrict access to the procedure. Reproductive …

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